1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; prohibiting certain detainees from receiving 
1.3 	MinnesotaCare;amending Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 
1.4 	256L.04, subdivision 12.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 256L.04, subdivision 12, 
1.7 	is amended to read:
1.8 		Subd. 12.Persons in detention. Beginning January 1, 1999, an applicant residing 
1.9 	in a correctional or detention facility is not eligible for MinnesotaCare. An enrollee 
1.10 	residing in a correctional or detention facility is not eligible at renewal of eligibility 
1.11 	under section 256L.05, subdivision 3a. MinnesotaCare is not available for a person in 
1.12 	a correctional facility unless the person: (1) is detained by law for less than one year in 
1.13 	a county correctional or detention facility as a person accused or convicted of a crime, 
1.14 	or admitted as an inpatient to a hospital on a criminal hold order; (2) is a recipient of 
1.15 	MinnesotaCare at the time the person is detained by law or admitted on a criminal hold 
1.16 	order; and (3) continues to meet other eligibility requirements in this section.